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affirming district court's dismissal of Plaintiff's breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and civil conspiracy claims and grant of summary judgment against Plaintiff for breach of settlement agreement
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No. 17-1886
01-22-2018
Larry Rice Plaintiff - Appellant v. Interfood, Inc.; Jason Medcalf; Dirk Neerhoff; Nick Sharp; F.C.G.M. (Frank) van Stipdonk Defendants - Appellees
Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis [Unpublished] Before GRUENDER, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM.
In this appeal in a diversity case, Larry Rice challenges the district court's dismissal of his complaint and adverse grant of summary judgment as to Appellees' counterclaim. Rice also challenges the district court's order denying him leave to file an amended complaint. Upon carefully reviewing the record and the parties' arguments on appeal, we find no basis for reversal. See Schaaf v. Residential Funding Corp., 517 F.3d 544, 549 (8th Cir. 2008) (dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) is reviewed de novo); see also Residential Funding Co. v. Terrace Mortg. Co., 725 F.3d 910, 915 (8th Cir. 2013) (grant of summary judgment is reviewed de novo). We also conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Rice leave to amend his complaint. See Kmak v. Am. Century Cos., 873 F.3d 1030, 1034 (8th Cir. 2017) (standard of review). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
The Honorable Henry E. Autrey, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. --------